Paper bag.



J. H. MCKENDRICK.

PAPER BAG.

APPLlcAnoHHLED1uNE18,1914.

l l 3%,34 l o Patented API. 6, 1915;.

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narran JAMES H. MUKENDRICK, OF MEDIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

rerun BAG.

The object of my invention, generally stated, is to provide a paper bag which, op-

erating as a container or receptacle formerchandise, may be either carried by hand or ltransported by parcelost.

More specifically, the object of my invention is to lprovide a bag of the character specified which may be made inexpensively, which may be readily grasped by the hand, which may be securely closed, and which will not tend to tear with ordinarily careful usage even though loaded with bulky or heavy material. t

A bag having certain characteristics of the bag forming the subject matter of ,my present invention is set forth in the patent issued to me November 5, 1901, No. 685,789. A bag constructed in accordance with the specific embodiment of the invention of said patent comprisesa pair of wooden strips, extending entirely across the mouth of the bag -inconnection with a flap cut from the body and arranged t9 reinforce the strips. Such a bag is practicable and useful, but it is somewhat expensive tol manufacture and the bag tends to tear at the middle angle formed at the junction of the upperfedges of the two folds of the end wall. Such a bag, therefore, does not meet all the conditions required to provide a bag that willv command a wide market.- Chief among such conditions are that the bag shall becapable of being made cheaply enough to allow a i' merchant to give it away free with merchandisepurchased, that it shall be capable of .securely holding the articles purchased, whether it beucarried laway or mailed, and that it shall be, in and of itself, on account of its capacity for re-use, an article of value to the purchaser.

The present invention embodies certain features ofthe patented receptacle above specified but omlts other features ofsuch bag and at the same time exhibits specialD Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led J une 18,

Patented Apr. CBS, 11915,.

1914. v serial No. 845,993.

features of novelty whichenable it to meet the requirements hereinbefore specilied.

ln the drawings, which show a preferred embodiment of my invention: Fi re l is a perspective view of the bag with mouth open. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the bag with mouth closed. Fig. 3 is a view of the blank from which the central reinforcing piece is formed. Fig. 4 is a partial detail viewof same.

the upper part of a modied form of bag..

The body of the bag may be made in any known manner. ln the drawings l have shown a bag consisting of folds a forming the .sides and folds b forming the bottom. The upper edges of the bag extend straight and horizontal from end to end, although, if the adaptability for transportation through the mails is deemed of secondary importance, two triangular'folds c may be formed from the opposite sides at each upper cornen of the bag and the foldsbent inwardly against each other, as shown in Figs. l and 2. lf, however, the capacity for transportation is deemed of primary importance, these folds will not be formed, and in place thereof strips d, shown in Fig. 5, will be applied each strip extending from the end edge along and adjacent t0 the upper edge of the bag toward the vertical center line of the Fig. 5 is a side elevation of f to eachgside at each corner yofthe bag,

bag but terminating a considerable distance short of the center.

pendent upon which construction is' employed, extends along each side of the bag, a reinforcing piece e, said reinforcing piece extending from the upper edge downward for a distance considerably greater than' the width of the strips d: |This reinforcing piece is made of -paper that is heavier than the paper of which the' body of the bag is composed, and its upper edge is bent downwardly for a width of a strip d to form a ply f and thence upwardly to form a ply g, the ply g extending between the ply f and the body of the strip. The central part of the bodyv of the `bag 1s thus reinforced along its upper edge and for a substantial distance beneath its upper edge and is trebly reinforced immediately adjacent to its upper edge, while between the distance about equal to the -piece e. Through these perforations may be i forced, ias is'Figs.- l and 2, or is' provided' with separate reinforcing strips, as in Eig.

5, either of which constructions permits ,the

while permitting the sides of the" bag to swell'outwardly away from each lother to afford a large lcarrying capacity forl the bag.

-`folded Aupon itself'to form la reinforcing member of special thickness, narrow relative to the total width of the reinforcing piece, extending along the upper edge o f the 'fcated centrally between .the ends ofthe bag, and-flaps cut from the body and reinforcing Beneath the pliesf and g of each lrein-v forcing piece e is formed, through the body of the bag and the body of the piece e, 'a

cut-out flap it. The two Haps may bel bent outwardly in the same direction so that one underlies the other, thus affording a hand'- holdfor convenience in carrying,

' While the reinforcing pieces e add somewhat to the expense of the bag, this expense struction shown in my said patent. Further, the expense of-the'reinforcing `pieces .is small compared to the expense of the con-l Awould be more than counterbalanced by the extra amount of paper required to produce to be' made considerably deeper so as to afi' ford a length .of-paper atthe top sufficiently great to allow the upper edge of-the bag to be rolled up and grasped by the hand. -It

will thus be-appreciated that my improved paper bag is no more expensive than an ordinary plain paper bag of equal capacity, although its advantages' over al plain 'paper bag are obvious. t Y

Near/the upper edge of the bag are provided two pairs lof perforations i, the perfo- I rations extending through' th`e\speciall'y reinforced part of the piece e nearopposite tion-thesides of which terminate. at the up'i endsithere'of.' Through these perforations ya plain paper bag of equal capacity; because to producesuch a bag, the same would have a ,cordmay be passed to bring and secure to-A p gether the upper edges of the bag.

-When the construction shown in Fig. 5 is ,employed, there is formed a row' of perforations j extendinglengthwise of the strips d and the specially reinforced part of the passed a cord for .securing together the uplength, thereby affording a perfectly-,secure closurewhen the bagis employed for transporting merchandise by post, express or Having now fullydescribed my inven tion, what Iclaim and 'desire-to protect by Letters Patent is: v

. 1. A paperffbag comprising a body porp er edge of the bag, separate. reinforcing- A6-.; places'- applied to 'opposite' Sides 'of the. bag

`per edge of the bag, separate reinforcing pieces applied to opposite .sides ofV the bag,

-alongits upper edges, each reinforcing piece.

being 'substantially wider .in the direction 'of its height than "the distance from its lower edge to the upper edge of the bag, the part thereof' that would otherwise extend above the upper edge of the bag being of a material heavier than the material of the body ofthe bag and bent uponitself first outward and downward and thence inward and upward to 4form a'reinforcing member n of special thickness, narrow relative to the total -width of the reinforcing piece, extending along theupper edge of the bag, each reinforcing piece and special reinforcing member being of materially less'leng'th than the width .of the bagand located centrally between the ends of the bag, and flaps cut from the bodyand reinforcing pieces beneatli said members.

3. A paper bag. comprising a body portion the sides of which terminate at the upper edge of the bag, reinforcing pieces ap,- plied -tov opposite -sides of the bag, each reinforcing piece v terminating at its opposite ends -a substantial distance from the ends of thence bent lupon itself for a distance substantially less than its-height to forma rela tively narrow reinforcing member of special thickness extendingA -along the upper edge of the bag, and separate reinforcing strips applied to the sides of the bag along the up v per edge thereof and terminating at -the ends of the bag, there being arpw' of perforations extending along the reinforced upper edge of the bag.

4. A paper bag comprising a bodyjportion the sides ofwhich terminate at the upper edge of thebag, reinforcing pieces applied .to opposite sides of the bag, each reinforc' ing piece terminating at its lopposite ends a substantial distance Afrom the ends of the *bag and extending in thedirections of its along its upper edges, each Areinforcing piece being substantially Awider inthe direcLA A ;-tionofwitsheight than 'the'.distance' from its lowe r edge to therupper edge-of the-bag,"v the part thereof ,that would .otherwise e'x-A. jten'd above the-upper edge offthebag being Aheight from a substantial distance below the upper edge of the bag to its upper edge and tively narrow reinforcing -memberof special thence'bent upon itself for a distance Substantially -les'sthan its height to form airela# mensuel I ggg the bag, and separate reinforcing strips applied to the sides of the body adjacent to their upper edges and extending between the edges of the bag and the outer margins of the reinforcing pieces, there being a rotsrl of' perforations extending along both the reinforcing strips and the special reinforcing members. r

iin testimony of which invention, l have hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, on 10 this 16th day of June, 1914.

JAMES H. MCKENDMCK.

Witnesses:

M. M. HemfroN, 

